SCAMP'S BEDFELLOWS.

 MY master, one day, a week ago, went away on a long trip. He
 sent me to the country to wait until he returned. I love the country,
 for I can run around and chase rabbits and birds. But the country



















 is lonesome now, for the leaves are all off the trees and my master's
 family have all gone to the city. Even the kittens are away.
 My master gave me in charge of Lewis, the colored farmer, and told
 him to take care of me. Lewis has got five little children, and they
 love pug dogs. Anyhow they love me. The first night I arrived here
 I sat in the middle of the floor, and tears came into my eyes, for I did
not know where I was going to sleep.
 Then the children began to gather around me, and they saw me
crying. One of them picked me up in her arms, and said, "Don't
cry, Scampy; you shall sleep with me." So she took me upstairs
and put me in the big bed. All the others got in the bed, too. I was
in the middle. It must have looked funny to see the five little black